POLYANDRiA poLYGYNiA. Anemone. SS7 



purple, small ; the whole plant very slender and de- 

 licate ; roots tuberous. 



5. A. caule unifloro nudo, foliis palmatis longius petiolatis, Wullen. 



corolla 5-petala, radice tuberosa. 

 Thalictrum carolinianum Milt.Ji. car. 157. 

 In Carolina. Waller. K. +. I was not able to fir.d 



any information respecting this plant in the Walterian 



Herbarium, but consider it to belong rather to this 



genus than to TJialictruvi. 



6. A. floribus umbellatis involucratis, foliis radicalibus hi- ihaUctroides. 



ternatis, foliolis subcordatis 3-dent3tis, invoiucro 6- 

 phyllo, foliolis petiolatis conforniibus, umbelia pauci- 

 flora, seminibus nudis striatis, ladice tuberosa. — 

 Willd. sp.pl. 2. p. 12S4. 



Thalictrum anemonoides. Mich. ft. amer. 1. p. 322. 



Icon. Bot. mag. 866. Annales du vins. 3. t. 21. f. 2. a. 

 i5f b. Pluk. aim. t. lOd.f. 4. Willd. hort. berol.AA. 

 jS. A. invoiucro unifloro. Groncv. virg. uniflora. 



In woods, frequent: Canada to Carolina. 11. March 

 — May. V. V. Flowers white. A beautiful double 

 variety is cultivated in the gardens, which in delicacy 

 of figure and colour exceeds any other species of this 

 elegant genus. 



7. A. floribus umbellatis Involucratis, foliis radicalibus mul- narcissiflora. 



tifido-palmatis incisis, laciniis linearibus, involucris 

 sessilibus incisis, umbella paucifloia, pedicellis invoiu- 

 cro longioribus. -/Fi//(^. sp. pL 2. p. 1283. 

 In Canada and on the north-west coast. "2/ . April, May. 

 V. s. Flowers white. 



8. A. caule dichotomo, foliis radicalibus palmatis, caulinis pensylvan'ica. 



sessilibus amplexicaulibus 3-fidis : infimis ternatis: 

 lobis acute lanceolatis inciso-serraris, peduncnlis soli- 

 tariib unifloris, seminibus capitulogloboso nudis subu- 

 lato-rosteliatis.— ?^i//c/. sp. pi. 2. p. J 280. 



A. aconitifolia. Mich.Ji. amer. 1. p. 320. 



In meadows and on the borders of woods : Canada to 

 Pensylvania. % . June, July. v. v. Flowers large, 

 white ; anthers yellow. 

 Q. A. caule dichotomo, foliis caulinis omnibus oppositis am- dichotoma. 

 plexicaulibus trifidis, lobis cuneato-lanceolatis superne 

 inciso-serratis, pedunculis solitariis unifloris, seminil us 

 capitulo globoso nudis recurvato-mucronatis. JFilld. 

 sp.pl.2.p. 1280. 



A. irregularis. Lam. encycl. 1. p. iGy, 



